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World largest ever trial of four-day working week 'an overwhelming success'

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Researchers have heralded the "overwhelming success" of the world's largest-ever trial of a four-day working week in Iceland, saying it should now be tested in the UK.

More than 1 per cent of Iceland's working population took part in the pilot programme which cut the working week to 35-36 hours with no reduction in overall pay.

Joint analysis by think tanks in Iceland and the UK found that the trials, which ran from 2015 to 2019 and involved more than 2,500 people, boosted productivity and wellbeing and are already leading to permanent changes.

"Progressive change is possible"

Icelandic trade union federations, which collectively negotiate wages and conditions for most Icelandic employees, have already begun to negotiate reduced working hours as a result.

The researchers estimate that as a result of new agreements struck in 2019-2021 after the trials ended, 86 per cent of Iceland's entire working population now either have reduced hours or flexibility within their contracts to reduce hours.

Star of David

Israel looks to renew law that keeps out Palestinian spouses

Israeli Arab women protest
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Israeli Arab women protest renewal of discriminatory law.
Israel's parliament is set to vote Monday on whether to renew a temporary law first enacted in 2003 that bars Arab citizens of Israel from extending citizenship or even residency to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

Critics, including many left-wing and Arab lawmakers, say it's a racist measure aimed at restricting the growth of Israel's Arab minority, while supporters say it's needed for security purposes and to preserve Israel's Jewish character.

The law creates an array of difficulties for Palestinian families that span the war-drawn and largely invisible frontiers separating Israel from east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, territories it seized in the 1967 war that the Palestinians want for a future state.

"You want your security, it's no problem, you can check each case by itself," said Taiseer Khatib. His wife of more than 15 years, from the West Bank city of Jenin, must regularly apply for permits to live with him and their three children in Israel.

"There's no need for this collective punishment just because you are Palestinian," he said.

Israel's dominant right-wing parties strongly support the law, and it has been renewed every year since being enacted. But Israel's new government includes opponents of the measure, and the right-wing opposition led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — aiming to embarrass the government — has warned it won't provide the votes needed to renew the law.

Heart - Black

Russian Orthodox Church: Refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 is a 'sin', anti-vaxxers must spend their life repenting

Metropolitan Hilarion
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Metropolitan Hilarion, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, during the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
Those who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are committing a sin they will have to repent for the rest of their lives. That's according to the Russian Orthodox Church, whose spokesman said rejecting a jab is selfish.

Speaking to TV channel Russia 24, the head of the Russia Orthodox Church's Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion, explained that his parishioners regularly repent to him for not being vaccinated. They feel guilty because they passed the virus on to someone else who eventually died, he claimed.

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Squad member falsely claims black Americans aren't free in bizarre Fourth of July post

Cori Bush
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Congressperson Cori Bush
On the Fourth of July, while Americans celebrate their independence, "Squad" member and Congresswoman Cori Bush claimed on Twitter that black Americans are not free.

While yes, the original Independence Day may not have freed black slaves back in 1776, the United States of America in 2021 is a country where Americans, regardless of color, are free to live their lives as they choose.

Black Americans, like Bush, are free to serve in the government. Former President Barrack Obama served as the commander-in-chief for eight years. 57 of the 435 House Representatives are black.

Her comment fails to take into consideration that if black people in America truly were not free, why would black people around the world immigrate to the Untied States? According to the Migration Policy Institute, 10 percent of those who immigrated to the US in 2019 were black.

Arrow Up

Petition against transgender athletes competing at the Olympics gathers over 21,000 signatures

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Laurel Hubbard scoops another gold in women's weight-lifting. This is fair how?
The IOC policy specifies conditions under which those who transition from male to female are eligible to compete in the female category

A petition to stop transgender athletes from competing with biological women at the Olympic Games has garnered more than 21,000 signatures.

New Zealander Laurel Hubbard's qualification for the women's weightlifting competition at this summer's Tokyo Games has brought scrutiny on the International Olympic Committee's rules.

Hubbard transitioned eight years ago at the age of 35. She has since met all of the requirements of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) regulations for trans athletes and fair competition.

Comment: What a mealy-mouthed cop-out by Ardern. She just told half her citizens they must bow to the transgender madness.

The Daily Mail Australia conducted its own poll, which garnered a result of 96 per cent of participants - 2,418 readers - thought it was unfair that Hubbard had taken the place of another female athlete in the competition.
[T]here is still plenty of outrage in the sporting community, with everyone from professional athletes to everyday sports fans and commentators arguing she has not only taken a spot from a biologically-born woman, but has an unfair advantage in the competition because she has the physical strength of a man.

New Zealand Olympic weightlifter Tracey Lambrechs has suggested two gold medals be awarded if Hubbard wins in her division, arguing it would be unfair to pit her against female competitors.



Pirates

Report: Over 168,000 ballots missing chain of custody documentation in Cobb County, GA

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Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Dr. Kandiss Taylor
Dr. Kandiss Taylor released a report yesterday identifying over 168,000 ballots in Cobb County, Georgia, missing required chain of custody documentation.

We've been reporting for months on the hundreds of thousands of ballots missing chain of custody documentation in Georgia. In April we reported on the problems with the chain of custody for 355,000 ballots

Joe Biden "won" in Georgia by only 11,779 votes.

Comment: The Gateway Pundit also provides an update on the Arizona audit:
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The election audit team wraps up in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
On Thursday, The Arizona Audit evacuated the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Katie Hobbs's pink shirt observers were nowhere to be seen.

But that didn't stop Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs from again just making up total nonsense about the audit.

Katie Hobbs tweeted:
"In what looked like a mad dash to clear out of the Coliseum today, observers reported that Cyber Ninjas have resorted to weighing stacks of ballots to fill out the official manifest of what is being returned to the county. Raising the question- do they even have an actual count?"
Who reported this? TGP's Jordan Conradson was the only reporter in the building today and he didn't report this because it's not true.


Senate President Karen Fann set the record straight and taught Hobbs how audits work.


Hobbs has been frantically losing it over this audit since the very beginning because she knows what is coming.

Recently she convinced the County to scrap the corrupted machines that were used in 2020 but now she's pushing lies about the ballot total because she knows it will not add up.

Hobbs certified the 2020 election for Arizona. She had a responsibility to report accurate and fraud-free results. She must be scared to see what the real results are in Maricopa County.



Black Magic

The mission to erase British cultural values intensifies: Indoctrination is replacing education in UK schools

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Pupils wearing facemasks as a precaution against the transmission of the novel coronavirus arrive to attend Moor End Academy in Huddersfield, northern England on September 11, 2020
A leading UK teaching union is demanding the decolonisation of all elements of education. This focus on turning its members into political activists will only deprive children of quality schooling and debase British culture.

Something has gone seriously wrong when the National Education Union (NEU), the largest teachers' union in England, decides that its mission is to indoctrinate school children rather than educate them.

A document produced by the 450,000-member NEU declares that there is an "urgent" need to "decolonise" every subject and every stage of the curriculum. The urgency of taking these dramatic measures is justified in light of the recent Black Lives Matter protests and Covid-19 pandemic.

Comment: The push is not exclusive to Britain, but appears to be a coordinated attack on those societies still holding to western Enlightenment values.


Boat

Israeli cargo ship attacked by 'unknown weapon' in Indian Ocean: Report

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According to Israeli media, this is a photo of an Israeli cargo ship similar to the one that was attacked in the Indian Ocean on July 3, 2021.
A fire has broken out on an Israeli-owned cargo ship after it was struck by an "unidentified weapon" in the northern Indian Ocean, a report says.

The Israeli vessel was on route to the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when it was attacked, Lebanon's al-Mayadeen television network reported on Saturday, citing reliable but unnamed sources.

They further told al-Mayadeen that the commercial vessel "was anchored in the [Saudi] port of Jeddah before moving toward the coasts of the UAE", stressing that "no one has yet claimed responsibility for this attack so far."

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Attention

Capitol Police retreat and a possible FBI agent facilitates the entry of rioters on Jan. 6

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L: Capitol Police stand down from their post on Jan. 6. R: A prospective FBI agent removes glass from a Capitol window.
More and more elements appear to undermine the controversial qualification of armed insurrection given by the Democrats to the peaceful demonstration carried out by citizens demanding electoral integrity in front of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

One of them is a video taken by former U.S. Army marine and blogger Bobby Powell, who captured compromising scenes related to the event.

The Twitter user identified as @Gekko_WynV attaches a clip and summarizes what happened in a June 26 tweet.

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Info

Malaysians suffering amid lockdown fly white flag for help

Mohamad Nor Abdullah
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Mohamad Nor Abdullah, born without arms, adjusts a white flag outside the window of his rented room in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 3, 2021.
When Mohamad Nor Abdullah put a white flag outside his window late at night, he didn't expect the swift outpouring of support. By morning, dozens of strangers knocked on his door, offering food, cash and encouragement.

Malaysia's nationwide lockdown to curb a coronavirus surge was tightened further on Saturday, banning people in certain areas from leaving their homes except to buy food and necessities.

It lurched Mohamad Nor into desperation. He ekes out a living by selling packed nasi lemak, a popular dish of coconut milk rice with condiments, at a roadside stall every morning, but that income has vanished and government aid was insufficient.